Authors notes

** It was also in 1758 that that the great Cornish naturalist William Borlase published The Natural History of Cornwall Here is an example of a descriptive ‘name’ that he gave the large jellyfish that we know as Rhizostoma octopus (Linnaeus , 1758 ). "Urtica marina octopedalis octo faucibus et variis appendicibus ventralibus distincta"

*** Patella vulgata - Common Limpet

**** International Council for Zoological Nomenclature (Botanists have their own rules of citation).

NB If an author’s name is in brackets, it indicates that it has been reclassified, although the second (specific) name is the same. Also note that authors' names are often abbreviated e.g. Linn. or just L. for Linneaus.